Overwhelmed. I need help.

[azygous]

Collapsed shelless egg. The hen needs extra calcium to make her eggs have a strong shell. Unless her condition is treated, she will run the risk of getting an egg stuck and it could end up killing her or triggering a chronic reproductive infection.

Get some of this.

Pry open the beak and give one whole tablet directly into her beak every day until her eggs are coming out with a strong shell. After they are back to normal, she can then go back to supplementing her calcium needs with oyster shell and/or layer feed.

 

[Chookiemom]

Here's where to buy the copper sulfate. https://jedds.com/products/acidified-copper-sulfate-animal-science The dose is a quarter teaspoon per one gallon of water for five days.

You can buy Medistatin to treat vent gleet and crop yeast from the same outfit. https://www.jedds.com/shop/medistatin/

The second link doesn’t seem to work

 

[DaisyBuff]

TView attachment 3112842his I what I found in the nesting box tonight. What is this?

Looks like an abnormal egg. An lash egg to be exact.

 

[Taylermartin]

Looks like an abnormal egg. An lash egg to be exact.

Does it mean anything?

 

[Taylermartin]

I think they no longer carry the Medistatin. Here's where I got it recently https://jedds.com/search?type=product&options[prefix]=last&options[unavailable_products]=last&q=Medistatin

Would it be more beneficial to use the Medistatin over the copper sulfate?

 

[azygous]

One is as good as the other, and you can even combine them, using one right after the other for greater effectiveness.

 

[Taylermartin]

She must have stepped away.

Yes, it is safe to give this in the beak. I have treated 2 of my hens with success using this. (Thank you, @azygous !) You can get the generic as well.

You have a beautiful hen! I wish you luck with them.

Is it beneficial to put any near her vent?

 

[azygous]

Yes. You can do that.

 

[Taylermartin]

You need to slice into the strange nest artifact. If it's full of cheesy substance, it's lash material, signifying infection. It it's thin and papery, it's a collapsed egg membrane, and it would signify a calcium deficiency or other reproductive issues.

The inside contained white with no yolk. I found another this morning under the roosting pole.

 

[Taylermartin]

One is as good as the other, and you can even combine them, using one right after the other for greater effectiveness.

Should I discard the eggs during treatment?